A girl upon the shore did ask a favour of the sea; "Return my blue eyed sailor boy safely back to me. Forgive me if I ask too much, I will not ask for more, but I shall weep until he sleeps safe upon the shore."

Benjamin Darvill, a.k.a. Son of Dave, is a one-man band of sorts, combining harmonica, vocals, beat-boxing, a rattle and foot-stomping to create his own infectious form of blues. Darvill, a Canadian formerly with Crash Test Dummies, has released four albums to date as Son of Dave, his latest and best being 'Shake A Bone', recorded and mixed by Steve Albini in Chicago, the title track used briefly in an episode of Breaking Bad. [more inside]
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